Kingmoor
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kingmoor
Historical Forms
- Kinge moore 1589 ExchKR
- the Kyngmoore 1590 MH c.1683
- the king(e)s moor(e) 1619,1633,1658 MunRec
- the King moore 1628 ib
- a great Waste called Kingmoor 1764 CWiv
Etymology
“The hamlet of King-Moor…was formerly vested in the Crown” (H ii, 583 n.). v. mōr .